Metastatic pulmonary synovial sarcoma: A double coincidence: Case report

Radiol Case Rep. 2022 Dec 21;18(3):878-881. doi: 10.1016/j.radcr.2022.11.058. eCollection 2023 Mar.

Abstract

Synovial sarcomas are considered as one of the most aggressive neoplasms that account for approximately 8% of all soft tissue sarcomas; they are mainly localized in soft tissues of the extremities and joints and rarely occur in the thorax. In this case report, we describe a 34-year-old woman presenting a chest pain with a chest radiography showing a mass lesion occupying two-thirds of the right hemi-thorax. A malignant pulmonary tumor was suspected after CT imaging revealing a bilateral renal metastasis, and then a spindle-cell carcinoma was thought-about. The post-operative pathological analysis of the main mass confirmed the diagnosis of a pulmonary synovial sarcoma.

Keywords: Chest CT; Renal metastasis; Synovial sarcoma.

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